New USGS government maps extend earthquake hazard zones nationwide, including some surprising states. The 5.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Virginia on August 24, 2011, damaged monuments like ...

The new study, published in the journal Earthquake Spectra, is based on an earthquake hazards map of the lower 48 states released by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 2014.

Twenty-three hundred years ago, hordes of mice, snakes, and insects fled the Greek city of Helike on the Gulf of Corinth (map). "After these creatures departed, an earthquake occurred in the night ...

That means the magnitude 9 Tōhoku earthquake, which caused the 2011 tsunami in Japan, released 11 times more energy than the biggest earthquake of this year—an 8.3 in Chile—and 1,000 times ...

But that earthquake was probably unrelated to yesterday's temblor, Benthien said. "A 4.4 is a pretty run-of-the-mill earthquake that we can have at any time in Southern California," he added. 4th ...

Maps have been a cornerstone of National Geographic since they were published in the first issue of the magazine, in October 1888. The year 1915 witnessed the founding of the Map Department, which ...

Half a million earthquakes occur worldwide each year, according to an estimate by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Most are too small to rattle your teacup. But some, like the 2011 quake off the ...